Family with history of rare Alzheimer’s disease gene hopes for a cure

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October 7, 2015
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Family with history of rare Alzheimer’s disease gene hopes for a cure
Marty Reiswig's family has history of a rare, inherited form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He’s taking part in the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network prevention study, primarily funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Alzheimer’s Association, which recently showed that brain scans can pick up changes 20 years before the first symptoms appear.

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